Verse
C
I remember way back when
G
I felt only ennui
D
Like nothing could complete me
C
No promise of a rising sun
G
Illuminating everyone
D
The very thought defeated
C
My life was a blinded light
G
Must be what it's like when worlds collide
D
Especially when he sees her
Pretty soon he'll tease her
C
I was on the road too long
G
My laboured lover only song
D
Not one of them a keeper
C
But if I woke in the morning to find you were gone
Em
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
G D
But am I strong enough? Dm I strong enough?
C
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Em
Together forever but forever and on
G D
Is still not long enough, still not long enough
C
You look confused in your eyes
G
And I could see myself as a child
D
Such a devastating feeling
Am D
C
I wished I could go back in time
G
But all I could do was apologize
D
Right then your eyes were healing
Gm D
Healing
C
Oh, if I woke in the morning to find you were gone
Em
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
G D
But am I strong enough? Dm I strong enough?
C
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Em
Together forever but forever and on
G D
Is still not long enough, still not long enough
C G
Oh, I've been Cain but I wanna be Abel
D G C
Been a drunken fool but I wanted to be stable enough
G
To lay every one of my cards onto the table
D
Hope it's not too late for us to find a way too
C
If I woke in the morning to find you were gone
Em
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
G D
But am I strong enough? Dm I strong enough?
C
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Em
Together forever but forever and on
G D
Is still not long enough, it's still not long enough
C
I went looking inside myself for a home
Em
Find only a sapling in search of an oak
G D
But it's a start my love, oh it's a start my love
C
But am I strong enough?